The People's Progressive Party ( ne, जनता प्रगतिशील पार्टी) is a

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Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...

. Although the party's primary base is still in Terai Madhesh area of

Madhesh Province Madhesh Province ( Nepali/ mai, मधेश प्रदेश) is a province of Nepal that was formed after the adoption of the Constitution of Nepal. It is Nepal's most populous province, and smallest province by area. It borders Province N ...

and

Lumbini Province Lumbini Province ( ne, लुम्बिनी प्रदेश, Lumbinī pradēśa) is a province in western Nepal. It borders Gandaki Province and Karnali Province to the north, Sudurpashchim Province to the west, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar o ...

, it has tried to expand to a pan-Nepalese base. The party was officially announced on 14 December 2021.

Hridayesh Tripathi Hridayesh Tripathi ( ne, हृदयेश त्रिपाठी) is a Nepalese politician, belonging to the People's Progressive Party. He's also the current chairman of the party. A former Minister of Health and Population Tripathi has w ...

is the coordinator of the party.

History

2017 elections

As of August 2021, the party members had filled their candidacy as an Independent political group in the

2017 Nepalese general election General elections were held in Nepal in two phases on 26 November and 7 December 2017 to elect the 275 members of the fifth House of Representatives, the lower house of the Federal Parliament of Nepal. The election was held alongside the first p ...

. They used ''sun'' as their election symbol, as a part of agreement/alliance between

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and the group. Brijesh Kumar Gupta And

won as member of the

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. Similarly, Ajay Shahi and Dharma Lal Shrivastava won as candidate in the provincial assembly elections to the

Provincial Assembly of Lumbini Province The Provincial Assembly of Lumbini Province also known as the Lumbini Pradesh Sabha, (Nepali: लुम्बिनी प्रदेश सभा) is a unicameral governing and law making body of Lumbini Province, one of the 7 provinces in Nep ...

. However

Ishwar Dayal Mishra Ishwar Dayal Mishra ( ne, इश्वरदयाल मिश्र) is a Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त� ...

and Pashupati Dayal Mishra couldn't manage to win the election. The party was expected to get registered much earlier while it was reported that the process had already started in July. The party got registered in December before the 2022 National Assembly elections.

Formation and registration at Election Commission

The party formation was declared on 14 December 2021 amidst a press conference at Everest Hotel,

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. Former speaker of

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, MP Brijesh Kumar Gupta, economist Rameshwar Khanal and Tul Narayan Sah joined newly announced the party while they were also present during the party declaration. On 11 February 2021, the party was registered at Election Commission with central committee with thirty members.

from

was declared president,

Shivajee Yadav Shivajee Yadav ( ne, शिवजी यादव) is a Nepalese politician and a member of People's Progressive Party. He is the current senior vice president of the party. In the 2013 Constituent Assembly election he was elected to the cons ...

from

was declared senior vice president of the party. The party appointed three vice presidents

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(from

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), Mohammand Shabir Hussain (from

) and

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(from

). They party in a statement said that it had tried to keep people from all province in party portfolio. Former minister

and Bharat Kumar Thapa were appointed general secretary of the party while thirty three membered central committee was declared.

Party expansion and first election

The party went organization development mainly in Terai belt of Lumbini province. Even within the province, the party was centred to Kapilvastu,

Rupandehi Rupandehi District ( ne, रुपन्देही जिल्ला; ), a part of Lumbini Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal and covers an area of . The district headquarter is Bhairahawa. As per the national census 2011 ...

and

Parasi district Nawalparasi (West of Bardaghat Susta) district or Nawalparasi West, as known commonly ( ne, नवलपरासी (बर्दघाट सुस्ता पश्चिम) वा नवलपरासी पश्चिम ), also frequent ...

. The party won both chairman and deputy chairman post in Marchabari rural municipality. The party emerged as first runner up in several local levels including

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while winning several posts in various local levels. As a result, the party was able to decline the vote bank of

and traditional vote bank of Janata Samajwadi Party and Loktantrik Samajwadi Party in

Lumbini province Lumbini Province ( ne, लुम्बिनी प्रदेश, Lumbinī pradēśa) is a province in western Nepal. It borders Gandaki Province and Karnali Province to the north, Sudurpashchim Province to the west, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar o ...

Ideology

The party presented a 17 point commitment and its view on social national issues on the same day. The party remains close to

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but equally committed to democracy. The party document presents the farmers as the base of the party. The party commitment claims the party of being committed to

federalism Federalism is a combined or compound mode of government that combines a general government (the central or "federal" government) with regional governments (Province, provincial, State (sub-national), state, Canton (administrative division), can ...

nationalism Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the State (polity), state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a in-group and out-group, group of peo ...

while against the

Ultranationalism Ultranationalism or extreme nationalism is an extreme form of nationalism in which a country asserts or maintains detrimental hegemony, supremacy, or other forms of control over other nations (usually through violent coercion) to pursue its sp ...

Electoral performance

Legislative elections

Local election

Presence in legislature

Federal parliament

Provincial Assemblies

List of Members of Parliament

List of Pratinidhi Sabha members from People's Progressive Party

Leadership

Party portfolios

References

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